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Susmer—The Ministry of Angels
LESSON HELP—"Ministry of Angels," by I. H. Evans
Epistle to the Philippians
Lesson 1- Come Over and Help Us
January 3, 1920
LESSON SCRIPTURE: Acts 16: 6-40
Daily Study Outline
1.
Read Acts 16.
2.
Read "Acts of the Apostles," pages 211-220.
3.
"Come over and help us," questions 1-3.
4.
Beginning work in Philippi, questions 4, b.
6. Opposition arises, questions 6-8.
6.
Fruits of that labor, questions 9-12.
7.
Review the lesson.
Questions
1.
Who were the Philippians? Acts 16: 12. Note 1.
2.
How was Paul led to Philippi? Verses 6-10.
3.
What words in Paul's vision have become the missionary
cry of the people in all lands? Verse 9. Note 2.
4.
In what humble way did Paul and his associates begin
their work? Verse 13.
5.
In what way did the Lord provide hospitality for these
pioneer missionaries? Verses 14, 15.
6.
What counter movement was started by the enemy to
harass the missionaries? Verses 16-18. Note 3.
7.
After the damsel was healed, and had become one of the
believers, how was Paul's work apparently stopped?
Verses 19-24. Note 4.
8.
How did Paul and Silas bear up under their cruel treat-
ment? Verse 25.
9.
How did deliverance come to them? Verse 26. Note 5.
10.
Relate the experience of the jailer and his house. Verses
27-34.
11.
Under what circumstances did Paul and Silas leave
Philippi? Verses 35-40.
1k. What notable converts were included in the original
church of the Philippians? Review Acts 16. Note 5.
Notes
1. The city of Philippi was named after Philip, king of
Macedon, and father of Alexander the Great. Philip seized
the city in 358 B. C., developed its strength, and named it
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after himself because of its strategic value as protection
against the hostile Thracians to the east, because of its gold
mines, and because of its location on the highway from
Europe into Asia. Macedonia became a Roman province in
146 B. C., and in 42 B. C. Philippi witnessed the death struggle
of the Roman republic in the defeat of the republican leaders
Brutus and Cassius by Octavius (afterward Emperor Augus-
tus) and Antony. The city soon afterward became a Roman
colony, its inhabitants enjoying numerous rights of Roman
citizenship. Paul first visited the city on his second mis-
sionary tour, about 53 A. D., and raised up the church of
the Philippians.
2.
The remarkable leading of the Spirit that brought
Paul to Philippi marks the first entrance of the gospel from
Asia into Europe. The wording of his call therefore becomes
eminently fitting to voice the appeal for gospel succor from
every land. The fact is worth noting here that at the present
writing, the Macedonian call to our people is being heard and
heeded. More than a hundred missionaries a year are be-
ing sent to the regions beyond. Many mission fields are be-
ing entered for the first time.
3.
The work of the gospel got a footing in Philippi
through faithful women of prayer, one of whom became to
Paul and Silas what Mary and Martha were to Jesus in the
way of devotion and hospitality. Let no one to-day speak
slightingly of a company of believers as being "all sisters."
The faithfulness of many a "sister," in both Bible and
modern times, has brought salvation to her household, and
even formed the nucleus of a church, as did that of Lydia.
It is significant that Satan opposed the work of Lydia through
another woman, the "damsel," causing her apparently to
commend the work of the apostles in order to confuse their
efforts with works of "divination."
4.
"Dispossessed of the evil spirit and restored to her right
mind, the woman chose to become a follower of Christ. Then
her masters were alarmed for their craft. . . . Many others
in the city were interested in gaining money through satanic
delusions. . . . Stirred by a frenzy of excitement, the multi-
tude rose against the disciples. A mob spirit prevailed, and
was sanctioned by the authorities, who tore the outer gar-
ments from the apostles, and commanded that they should be
scourged," and thrown into prison.—"Acts
of the Apostles,"
page 213.
5.
"But while men were cruel and vindictive, or crimi-
nally negligent of the solemn responsibilities devolving upon
them, God had not forgotten to be gracious to His servants.
All heaven was interested in the men who were suffering for
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Christ's sake, and angels were sent to visit the prison. At
their tread the earth trembled. The heavily bolted prison
doors were thrown open; the chains and fetters fell from the
hands and feet of the prisoners; and a bright light flooded
the prison."—/d.,
page 215.
6. Among the charter members of the church in Philippi
were three notable characters: Lydia, the merchant-woman,
evidently a person of means and influence; the "damsel pos-
sessed with a spirit of divination." healed and converted; the
"keeper of the prison," cruel, relentless, desperate to the point
of taking his own life, but converted, baptized, rejoicing, and
"believing in God with all his house." Such were the first
believing Philippians. What wonder that they loved Paul
and ministered to him, and were so loved by him as to call
forth the most affectionate and joyful of all his epistles! In
the words of Doremus A. Hayes: "They gave to their own
dear apostle, but only that he might minister to others as
he had ministered to them. He was their living link with
the work in the mission field."
Lesson 2 —Abovnding in Christ
January 10, 1920
LESSON SCRIPTURE: Phil. 1: 1-11
Daily Study Outline
1.
Read the lesson scripture.
2.
Circumstances of the epistle, questions 1-3.
3.
Greeting and prayer, questions 4-7.
4.
The Christian's confidence, questions 8, 9.
5.
Paul's love of the brethren, questions 10, 11.
6.
Abounding in Christ, questions 12-14.
7.
Review the lesson.
Questions
1.
Who wrote the epistle to the Philippians?
Phi. 1:
1.
Note 1.
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2.
Who had been associated with Paul in raising
up
the
church of the Philippians? Acts 16: 1-10, 19. Note 2.
3.
From what place was the epistle written? Phil. I: 12,
13; 4 : 22. Note 3.
4.
By
what terms did Paul mention himself and Timothy,
and the believers at Philippi? Phil. 1: 1. Note 4.
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5.
With what salutation did the apostle address the Philip-
pians? Verse 2. From what source must these bless-
ings come?
6.
How often did Paul pray for them? Verse 4.
7.
For what did he especially thank God? Verses 3, 5.
Note 5.
8.
As with Paul, what may be the basis of the confidence
of every worker and every believer? Verse 6. (Memo-
rize this.) Note 6.
9.
Why was it meet for Paul to think so well of the Philip-
pians? Verse 7. (See margin.)
10.
How intense was the apostle's love of the brethren?
Verse 8. Note 7.
11.
In what did Paul pray that the believers might abound?
Verse 9.
12.
What will such knowledge and judgment enable us to do?
Verse 10, first part.
13.
What will they enable us to be? Verse 10, last part.
14.
In what may we thus abound in Christ? Verse 11.
Notes
1.
While Paul includes Timothy in his greeting to the
Philippian church, obviously the letter is not jointly written.
After the salutation, the singular number of the pronoun
in the first person is used all the way through. Note the
frequent use of "I," "my," and "me."
2.
Timothy and Silas are definitely named; but that Luke
also was with them is indicated by the use of "we" in verses
10 to 13, Luke being generally conceded to be the writer of
the book of Acts.
3.
The mention of bonds, the palace, and Caesar's house-
hold, indicate that Paul was a prisoner in Rome for the first
time when he wrote the epistle. Timothy was with him as
companion and laborer, but not as prisoner. His previous
association with Paul in the work at Philippi made it very
fitting for him to be mentioned in Paul's greeting to the
Philippian believers.
4.
Paul speaks of himself and Timothy as "servants of
Jesus Christ." In other epistles, in which it was necessary
to reprove and set things in order, he refers to his position
of authority as an "apostle." In the Philippian epistle, there
being a complete absence of reproof, and so much of love and
joy and commendation and exhortation, the simple word
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The term "saints," used here and frequently elsewhere, has
the meaning of "holy ones"—accounted so by the acceptance
of Christ in harmony with the injunction, "Be ye holy, as I
am holy," and suggested by the complete phrase "saints in
Christ Jesus."
The word "bishop" can hardly be understood as in its
present use among Christian denominations, but rather as
local "overseer," which the word means, or in modern terms,
"pastor" or "elder." This is indicated in this connection by
the plural form of the word. See 1 Tim. 3: 1-7.
The term "deacon," which means attendant, or servant
(not bond servant, as Paul calls himself and Timothy, but one
who assists), seems to have the meaning given it in Acts 6: 1-3
and 1 Tim. 3: 8-13, and retained in our present use of the
term. The word itself is virtually transferred to our lan-
guage from the Greek, and is often rendered elsewhere as
"minister" or "servant." See Matt. 20: 26; .1 Cor. 3: 5;
and John 12: 26; Rom. 16: 1.
5. For about twelve years, the Philippian believers had
stood fast in the faith, even under severe persecution. They
had never forgotten Paul through it all, ministering often
to his physical needs and his spiritual comfort. Such con-
stant fellowship begets a spirit of unity in the bond of
peace.
6: The word "perform" here is a strong term, meaning
literally, "carry through to completion."
7. The use of the term "bowels" here and elsewhere in
the Scriptures, especially in the writings of Paul and Jere-
miah, grows out of the ancient conception that the seat of
the emotions is located in that region of the body, because of
certain physical sensations we all have experienced in cases
of fear, affection, pity, distress, and the like. It is an ex-
pression of intensity.
Lesson 3 — Magnifying Christ
January 17, 1920
LESSON SCRIPTURE:
Phil. 1: 12-20
Daily Study Outline
1.
Read the lesson scripture.
2.
Furtherance of the
g
ospel, questions 1, 2.
3.
Preaching Christ, questions 3, 4.
4.
Paul's consolation, questions 5, 6.
5.
His joy and hope, questions 7, 8.
6.
Magnifying Christ, questions 9, 10.
7.
Review the lesson.
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Questions
1.
In what does Paul say his imprisonment resulted?
Phil. 1: 12.
2.
In what places did his bonds in Christ become known?
Verse 13. Note 1.
3.
What effect did the imprisonment of Paul have on the
brethren? Verse 14. Note 2.
4.
In what two ways was Christ preached? Verse 15.
Note 3.
5.
What was the motive of each class? Verses 16, 17.
6.
What was the great consoling fact in it all to Paul?
Verse 18. Note 4.
7.
For what reason did Paul rejoice? Verse 19. Note 5.
8.
What was the apostle's earnest expectation and hope?
Verse 20, first part. Note 6.
9.
As illustrated in the case of the apostle, what should be
the uppermost concern in every Christian's life? Verse
20, last part.
10.
How was this principle further illustrated in the case of
Daniel's three companions? Dan. 3: 16-18.
Notes
1.
Paul was no ordinary prisoner. His being in bonds
became known generally, even in the palace of the emperor.
But this was not all; for it was understood that he was in
bonds in Christ, that is, for Christ's sake, for the preaching
of Christ. This was the chief thing in Paul's estimation, and
affords his reason for saying that his imprisonment was fur-
thering the gospel. Whatever brought Christ to the atten-
tion of the people, was in the interests of spreading the
gospel.
2.
"There is a lesson for us in this experience of Paul's;
for it reveals God's way of working. The Lord can bring
victory out of that which may seem to us discomfiture and
defeat. We are in danger of forgetting God, of looking at the
things which are seen, instead of beholding by the eye of
faith the things which are unseen. When misfortune or
calamity comes, we are ready to charge God with neglect or
cruelty. If He sees fit to cut off our usefulness in some line,
we mourn, not stopping to think that thus God may be work-
ing for our good. We need to learn that .chastisement is a
part of His great plan, and that under the rod of affliction
the Christian may sometimes do more for the Master than
when engaged in active service."—"Acts
of the Apostles,"
page 481.
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3.
That is, in the general discussion about Paul's im-
prisonment, some were talking against the Christ whose cause
he represented, or at least without full knowledge or ac-
ceptance of Him, while others were talking for Him in full
acceptance.
4.
Paul's bonds did not matter, the contention of the
people did not matter, just so Christ was preached. Oppo-
sition often promotes rather than hinders the teaching of
the gospel, "for we can do nothing against the truth, but for
the truth." 2 Cor. 13: 8.
5.
The word "salvation" here evidently refers to Paul's
safety or deliverance from prison. In the following verses,
he discusses the alternative of life or death; yet through it
all, as is easily seen, he really expects to be spared for fur-
ther labor.
There is in this passage a remarkable spirit of resignation
to God's will, so far as life or death is concerned. Paul's
chief passion in either case was only that Christ might be
magnified. Only God knows whether we can glorify Him
more and serve His cause better by continued life or by
death. We can always leave that question entirely with Him,
and let our chief interest be to magnify Christ in either case.
6.
Paul was always concerned, and so may every Chris-
tian be, lest in some way he dishonor Christ, and so bring
himself into shame and disgrace in his own eyes. Failure to
witness for Christ is one way of doing this. Hence Paul
prayed for boldness—the word here meaning freedom and
frankness in speaking.
Lesson 4 — Suffering for Christ
January 24, 1920
LESSON SCRIPTURE: Phil. 1: 21-30
Daily Study Outline
1.
Read
the lesson scripture.
2.
Paul's view of life and death, questions 1-3.
3.
Paul's conflict of mind, questions 4, 5.
4.
Exhorting and warning, questions 6-8.
5.
Faith and privilege, questions 9, 10.
6.
Suffering for Christ, questions 11, 12.
7.
Review the lesson.
Questions
1. While Paul was a prisoner in Rome, with his fate un-
certain, how did he look upon his life should it be
spared? Phil. 1: 21, first part. Note 1.
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2.
How did he look upon death if it came? Verse 21, last
part. Note 2.
3.
If permitted to live, of what was Paul certain? Verse
22. Note 3.
4.
Between what two things was Paul's mind in conflict?
Verses 23, 24. Note 4.
5.
What was his conclusion? Verse 25.
6.
What was his reason for believing that his life would
be spared for further service? Verse 26.
7.
What earnest exhortation did he give the Philippians?
Verse 27. Note 5.
8.
What warning did he give them? Verse 28, first phrase,
and verse 30. Note 6.
9.
Of what is the faith of the gospel a token to the unbe-
liever? What to the believer? Verse 28, last part.
10.
What is the believer privileged to do in behalf of Christ?
Verse 29. Note 7.
11.
In what light does Peter put suffering for Christ? 1
Peter 2:20, 21.
12.
How had Peter and other apostles felt after being beaten
for preaching Christ? Acts 5: 40, 41.
Notes
1.
Paul was so fully imbued with the Christ life, and so
fully wrapped up in service for Christ, that life itself meant
Christ to him. A lengthening of his life would be so much
more of Christ and of service for Him.
2.
As Paul languished in prison, in his old age, more
closely guarded and with less liberty than at first, with his
life at the disposition of the cruel Nero, bearing upon his
body the scars of stoning and beating, and withal prepared
to meet his God, to die did indeed seem to him gain—release
from care and calumny and the buffeting of Satan. Wear-
ing labor and readiness to go sometimes make sweet indeed
the thought of sleeping in Jesus till the resurrection morning.
3.
By "the fruit of my labor," Paul evidently means the
magnifying of Christ. He did not know whether life or death
would be meted out to him; but of one thing he was sure—
that if he was to live, his life would mean the magnifying of
Christ through continued labor.
4.
The expression used here by Paul in reference to death
is often cited in an effort to prove that the soul is immortal
and goes to its reward or punishment at death. But the
apostle is so explicit on this point elsewhere in his writings
that no doubt is left that sleeping in Jesus embraces the en-
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tire man and is not interrupted till the resurrection day.
(See his declaration on the rising of the dead in Christ, in
1 Thess. 4: 16, 17; on the time of receiving his own crown of
righteousness, in 1 Tim. 4: 8 and elsewhere, besides abundant
evidence given by other Bible writers.) In verse 23, Paul's
mind evidently bridges the gap of the unconscious state be-
tween the dissolution of the body and the future life with
Christ, and mentions the two as if they occurred together.
5.
The word "conversation" here, as in, Phil. 3: 20, means
manner of life,
especially as a citizen or a member of society.
6.
The Philippians were doubtless under persecution at
this time. Hence Paul reminds them of what they had seen
him suffer formerly in Philippi, and here he was now suf-
fering at Rome. The last part of verse 28 and all of 29 are
really parenthetical, dealing with the general principle of
suffering for Christ.
7.
This passage is an impressive one, for it puts suffering
on an equal footing with believing, and in the light of a
privilege. The word "given" here means graciously given,
bestowed as a favor or an honor. It is rendered "forgave"
in Luke 7: 42, and is the basis of the word "gift" in the
enumeration of the spiritual gifts, in 1 Corinthians 12. In
modern Greek, it is the word used when making a present.
Lesson 5 — Having the Mind of Christ
January 31, 1920
LESSON SCRIPTURE : Phil. 2: 1-11
Daily Study Outline
1.
Read the lesson scripture.
2.
Comfort and fellowship, questions 1-3.
3.
Fillin
g
up joy, questions 4, 5.
4.
The mind of Christ, questions. 6, 7.
5.
Humiliation of Christ, questions 8-10.
6.
Exaltation of Christ, questions 11-13.
7.
Review the lesson.
Questions
1.
Where may the Christian always find consolation? Phil.
2: 1, first part. Note 1.
2.
What is in the very essence of love? Verse 1, second
part.
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3.
What does the presence of the Spirit engender among
brethren? Verse 1, last two parts.
4.
How does Paul say the Philippians could fill up his joy?
Verse 2. Note 2.
5.
What is the best preventive of strife and vainglory?
Verse 3. Note 3.
6.
On what should every man always look? Verse 4. Note 4.
7.
What mind should be in us? • Verse 5. (Memorize verses
3-5.)
.
8.
How did the mind of Christ lead Him to look upon His
own things? Verse 6. Note 5.
9.
What did this mind lead Him to do? Verse 7. Note 6.
10.
To what extent did Christ yield Himself to the need
of lost man? Verse 8.
11.
How did God reward the marvelous sacrifice of His
Son? Verse 9.
12.
How should this exalted name be reverenced? Verse 10.
13.
What should every tongue confess? Verse 11.
Notes
1.
The "if" used at the beginning of this verse is riot
intended to cast any doubt or uncertainty about the reality
of the believer's privileges in Christ, but it is an effective way
of making this remarkable series of virtues in Christ a
basis of appeal for unity among the Philippians. The "if"
is really equivalent in force to "since." Christ is the great
consoler of the grieved and sorrowing heart, of the afflicted
and buffeted soul.
2.
Unity is one of the greatest evidences that Christ is
dwelling with His people. Christ is the head of the church.
All draw strength and comfort from Him. As He ministers
grace to His followers, they enjoy the same things, think the
same things, talk the same things. Hearts and minds are
bound together in unity and loving communion.
3.
The tendency is for a man to think better of himself—
his ideas, his ways, his achievements—than of others. When
Christ really dwells in the heart, this is all reversed. The
man gets a new vision of himself. He really sees better
things in others than in himself, and esteems them more
than himself. Under such a condition, there is no place for
strife or for the vain sort of glory so natural to the human
heart.
4.
Observe that this verse does not forbid looking upon
one's own things, but upon these alone; one should look also
upon the things of others. This excludes selfishness. The
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whole duty of man to man is comprehended in that basic
law underlying the last six commandments: "Thou shalt love
thy neighbor as thyself." This is a vital test of genuine
Christianity.
5.
The things of His own on which Christ could look,
were no ordinary things. He was "in the form of God"—
His "express image" and likeness in every respect, possessing
His attributes, and one with Him. He was also "equal with
God." Yet with all this, He did not regard this blessed
estate as something to be clung to, to be prized above every
other consideration. He would look also upon the things of
others—the state of men created in the image of God, but
now eternally lost if left without a deliverer.
6.
The literal reading of "made Himself of no reputation"
is simply "emptied Himself." Wonderful thought!—gave
all He had, gave all He was—the form of God, the express
image of His Father, equality with God, and Himself with
it all! He emptied is mind of every consideration of Him-
self, of His own things, and left even His position empty
while He went "to seek and to save that whicn was lost."
"He voluntarily assumed human nature. It was His own
act, and by His own consent. He clothed His divinity with
humanity. He was all the while as God, but He did not ap-
pear as God.. He veiled the demonstrations of Deity, which
had commanded the homage and called forth the admiration
of the universe of God. He was God while upon earth, but
He divested Himself of the form of God, and in its stead took
the form and fashion of a man. He walked the earth as a
man. For our sakes He became poor, that we through His
poverty might be made rich. He laid aside His glory and
His majesty. He was God, but the glories of the form of
God He for a while relinquished. Though He walked among
men in poverty, scattering His blessings wherever He went,
at His word legions of angels would surround their Redeemer,
and do Him homage. But He walked the earth unrecognized,
unconfessed, with but few exceptions, by His creatures. The
atmosphere was polluted with sin and curses, in place of the
anthem of praise. His lot was poverty and humiliation. As
He passed to and fro upon His mission of mercy to relieve
the sick, to lift up the depressed, scarcely a solitary voice
called Him blessed, and the very greatest of the nation
passed Him by with disdain.
"Contrast this with the riches of glory, the wealth of
praise pouring forth from immortal tongues, the millions
of rich voices in the universe of God in anthems of adora-
tion. But He humbled Himself, , and took mortality upon
Him. As a member of the human family, He was mortal;
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but as a God, He was the fountain of life to the world. He
could, in His divine person, ever have withstood the advances
of death, and refused to come under its dominion; but He
voluntarily laid down His life, that in so doing le might
give life and bring immortality to light. He bore the sins
of the world and endured the penalty, which rolled like a
mountain upon His divine soul. He yielded up His life a
sacrifice, that man should not eternally die. He died, not
through being compelled to die, but by His own free will.
This was humility. The whole treasure of heaven was poured
out in one gift to save fallen man. He brought into His
human nature all the life-giving energies that human beings
will need and must receive.
"Wondrous combination of man and God! He might have
helped His human nature to withstand the inroads of disease
by pouring from His divine nature vitality and undecaying
vigor to the human. But He humbled Himself to man's na-
ture. He did this that the Scripture might be fulfilled; and
the plan was entered into by the Son of God, knowing all the
steps in His humiliation, that He must descend to make an
expiation for the sins of a condemned, groaning world."—
Mrs. E. G. White, in Review and Herald, July 5, 1887.
Lesson 6 — Willing and Doing for Christ
February 7, 1920
LESSON SCRIPTURE:
Phil. 2 : 12-18
Daily Study Outline
1.
Read the lesson scripture.
2.
Working out salvation, questions 1-3.
3.
Things to avoid, questions 4, 5.
4.
The Christian race, questions 6, 7.
5.
A willing sacrifice, questions 8, 9.
6.
Joy in sacrifice,
q
uestion 10.
7.
Review the lesson.
Questions
1.
What does Paul enjoin upon the obedient child of God?
Phil. 2: 12. Note 1.
2.
How only can we accomplish so great a work? Verse
13. (Memorize verse 12, last part, and verse 13.)
Note 2.
3.
With what previous expression of Paul's confidence is
verse 13 in harmony? Phil. 1: 6.
4.
What two special things are Christians to avoid? Phil.
2: 14. Note 3.
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5.
What results will follow the heeding of the apostle's
counsel? Verse 15.
6.
To what joy does Paul look forward in the day of Christ?
Verse 16.
7.
How does he admonish all Christians to run? 1 Cor.
9: 24.
8.
What did Paul apprehend might be the meaning of his
retention in prison? Phil. 2: 17, first part. Note 4.
9.
How did Paul feel notwithstanding his probable sacri-
fice? Verse 17, last part. Note 5.
10.
How might the Philippians look upon the offering? Verse
18. Note 6.
Notes
1.
Paul's joy in writing to the Philippians was not only
that they had accepted and obeyed the gospel while he was
with them, but, much more, that they had continued faith-
ful after he left them. Now he was anxious that they
go on to perfection. The salvation offered us through the
gospel is not merely a thing for acceptance, but it is to be
wrought out in patient continuance in well-doing. We must
fight out the good fight of faith. We must forge the steel
of character. We must press toward the mark—the full
stature of Christ.
2.
Here is the secret of success in working out our own
salvation: (literally) "God energizes us." When the will is
weak, His indwelling Spirit energizes it, and we can then
will what we ought to will. When we lack power to do, He
energizes us, and we can then do what we ought to do. Best
of all, His energizing is always in line with
His
pleasure, not
ours. It enables us always to say, "Not my will, but Thine,
be done." Oh, wonderful provision of grace! What wonder-
working power !
3.
One of the most blighting habits a person may fall into
is that of murmuring and complaining—"grumbling" is the
common word for it. If things don't go to suit you, grumble
about it. If somebody does a thing in his own way instead
of in yours, grumble at him! if it rains when you want it
to shine, grumble about it, and make yourself and those about
you as miserable as you can. If you don't like to do a thing,
do it, but grumble while you do it, and take all the .joy out
of life for yourself and your family. Paul therefore urges:
Do
all
things
without
grumbling. This will bring its own
reward.
"Disputing" is another bad habit. Being always ready
to argue is a twin sister to grumbling. To be always ready
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to see the other side, to have some better way of doing, to
dwell on the objections and the difficulties, to haggle over un-
important details—all these will be excluded from our spirit
and practice if we follow the apostle's counsel to do all
things
without
disputings.
4.
The expression, "If I be offered," reads literally, "If
I am being poured out as a libation." It was the heathen
custom, in offering a victim in sacrifice to the gods, to pour
unmixed wine upon the offering as a mark of honor. This
was called the libation, or pouring. Alluding to this cus-
tom, and to the possibility of his life's being taken by the
Roman authorities, Paul vividly and beautifully pictures
himself as possibly being already in the process of libation
by the shedding of the blood, upon the sacrifice of the faith
of the Philippians. The word "sacrifice" in the verse means
the victim offered; and the word "service," the religious
ceremony of offering the sacrifice. Such a rite would be the
expression of faith.
5.
The words "joy" and "rejoice" read literally: "I re-
joice and co-rejoice;" that is, I rejoice on my part, and I join
you all in rejoicing, that we are united in performing so holy
a service on the altar of Christ—you the sacrifice, I the liba-
tion. The wine of my libation is truly unmixed—pure,
genuine, undiluted. Your sacrifice is spotless and without
blemish. It is an offering of sweet savor, well pleasing to God.
6.
As Paul could look forward with joy to yielding up
his life for the gospel if God so willed, so, nobly, he prepares
the Philippians for his possible death by bidding them rejoice
with him that he should be counted worthy to suffer even the
extreme penalty for Christ. A willing sacrifice, an unmixed
libation! To such an extent does God energize us to will and
to do according to His good pleasure.
Lesson
7
— Working Together with Christ
February 14, 1920
LESSON SCRIPTURE
:
Phil. 2: 19-30
Daily Study Outline
1.
Read the lesson scripture.
2.
Timothy a worker with Paul, questions 1-3.
3.
Fidelity in service, questions 4-6.
4.
Paul's hopes, questions 7, 8.
5.
Epaphroditus a worker with Paul, questions 9-12.
6.
Workers together with Christ, questions 13-15.
7.
Review the lesson.
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5.
Who is a real Jew? Rom. 2: 29.
6.
If confidence in the flesh availed anything, how did Paul
compare with other men? Phil. 3: 4.
7.
What were Paul's advantages as a Jew? Verse 5. Note 4.
8.
Of what spirit and attainment was Paul? Verse 6.
9.
After conversion, how . did he regard these advantages
and attainments? Verse 7.
10.
What parable does Paul's experience recall? Matt. 13: 44.
11.
In what spirit did the man in the parable sell all he had
held dear, in order to secure the great treasure?
12.
In reciting his personal experience, what exhortation of
his own is Paul seeking to illustrate? ' Phil. 3: 1, first
part.
Notes
1.
There are many things in the course of life to enjoy
if our eyes are open to see and appreciate them. Rejoicing
in the Lord includes all these that are good, when He is
recognized as their Giver and is honored in their use. But
it includes much more than these. The child of God can re-
joice in tribulation, in hardship, in sorrow, in disappoint-
ment, in many things that ordinarily distress. In fact, aside
from sin, there can come to the Christian no experience
which he may not make an occasion for rejoicing in the
Lord.
2.
Paul appeared to be closing his epistle; but it occurs
to him to go over again some things he has already presented
to the Philippians, for the sake of their safety. He does not
tire of repeating if only he can get results.
3.
To the Jews, a dog was the symbol of uncleanness. The
term "evil workers" probably refers to grumblers and dis-
puters, and to those given to strife and vainglory. Concision,
or mutilation, appears to be a reflection upon those who per-
sisted in the rite of circumcision, which, since it was done
away in Christ, amounted to no more than mutilation of the
flesh.
4.
Paul could trace his lineage back to Jacob, whose
name was changed to "Israel," "the prevailer," which gave
the general name "Israelite" to the Jews. He was of the
tribe of Benjamin, a favorite son of Jacob--a tribe that did
not revolt against the kingdom of Judah, nor pollute its
worship with idolatry, as other tribes did. He was a Hebrew
of pure blood on the side of both parents. He was a Pharisee,
specially taught and skilled in all questions pertaining to
the law. He had sat as a student at the feet of Gamaliel,
perhaps the greatest teacher in Israel at that time.
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2.
The word "win" means literally
gain.
All through
this balancing of values, Paul is using terms of the ac-
countant. All his own advantages of birth and education
were put in the column of gains before he knew Christ. But
now comes a new casting up of accounts, and these gains
pass into the column of losses, with Christ, the "hidden
treasure" he had found; on the credit side of his loss and
gain account. The balancing of the account shows that he
has
gained
Christ in the transaction.
3.
Paul's conception was that the individual Christian
must pass through essentially the same experience as Christ:
suffering, death, resurrection—first in a spiritual, and if
need be, in a physical sense. "Unto you it is given," he
says, "in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on Him,
but also to suffer for His sake." Phil. 1: 29. "I die daily,"
he declares in 1 Cor. 15: 31. At times, he seems almost
to court as a privilege the laying down of his life as Christ
had done. Certainly he was always willing to yield it. Thus
was Paul "conformable unto His death," while gladly pay-
ing any price in order that he might know—experience—
"the power of His resurrection."
4.
Resurrection to immortality is assured to those only
who know by experience "the power of His resurrection,"
which is "the power of an endless life," and whose lives are
"hid with Christ in God." To every such one, as was the case
with Christ, will be "loosed the pains of death," for it is "not
possible that he should be holden of it [death]." Acts 2: 24.
5.
The apostle adopts here the language of the athletic
foot race, with which the Philippians were familiar, and
continues it more or less through the fourteenth verse. The
word "attain" in verse 11 means
reach
or
arrive at,
and
suggests the goal of the race. This is to say, Not that I have
already received the prize at the end, nor have already com-
pleted the race, but I keep on pursuing.
6.
The language here suggests the chase, reading literally,
"But I pursue, that I may seize upon and hold that for which
I was seized upon and held by Christ Jesus." The love of
Christ pursued Paul on the way to Damascus; His power
seized upon the mind and will of the apostle and held them
fast. So Paul would pursue and lay hold upon the excel-
lency of the knowledge of Christ and the power of His
resurrection. Paul always regarded himself a bond servant
of Christ,•and there may be in his language here an al-
lusion also to his now being held in bonds as a prisoner for
Christ. As he was held in willing bondage to the service of
Christ, and was now securely held by the Roman authori-
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ties, so would he lay hold upon and hold securely the prizes
of the Christian race.
Jesus seized Paul and laid hold on him to make him His
own,—to serve, to suffer, to be an apostle, to carry the excel-
lency of the light and glory of Christ to the gentiles, to win
the crown of life. And Paul presses on through all to which
Christ calls him, that he may lay hold of all for which Christ
laid hold of him. The Master lays His hand upon every one
He calls. He has for each one a place, a part in His service.
There waits for each one the name, the crown, the inherit-
ance. The race course may lead through suffering and death,
but the one purpose should be to lay hold on all for which
Christ laid hold of us.
7.
Every Christian can look back with sorrow on the
mistakes and failures of the past. Some of these were re-
sults of weakness, like Peter's denial of his Lord; some came
from a misconception of duty, like Paul's persecution of
Christians before his conversion, when he verily thought he
was doing God service. But from whatever cause these
failures come, there is little comfort or encouragement in
looking back upon them, either in one's own life or in that
of his neighbor. It is infinitely better to "reach forth unto
those things which are before." God is willing to remember
our sins against us no more, and our neighbor's sins against
him no more. And does He not expect the same of us?
8.
The language is again borrowed from the athletic con-
test: "I pursue the race toward the goal for the prize."
The prize is the calling on high, the calling heavenward, of
God in Christ Jesus.
Lesson 10 — Walking with Christ
March 6, 1920
LESSON SCRIPTURE : Phil. 3: 15-21
Daily Study Outline
1.
Read the lesson scripture.
2.
God our helper, questions 1-3.
3.
Holding our ground, questions 4, 5.
4.
Enemies of the cross, questions 6, 7.
5.
Our citizenship above, questions 8-10.
6.
Walking with Christ, questions 11, 12.
7.
Review the lesson.
Questions
1.
What language may every Christian adopt in• his striv-
ing toward perfection? Phil. 3: 14.
2.
What class of persons especially ought to be thus minded?
Verse 15, first part. Note 1.
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3.
How would God be their helper? Verse 15, last part.
Note 2.
4.
What precaution should the Christian take not to lose
ground already gained? Verse 16.
5.
What did Paul urge the Philippian Christians to do?
Verse 17. Note 3.
6.
How do many about us walk? Verse 18.
.7. On what plane of life do such live? What is their end?
Verse 19.
8.
Connecting the thought again with verse 17, where does
Paul say our citizenship is? Verse 20. Note 4.
9.
What change will tne coming King effect in His people?
Verse 21, first part. Note 5.
10.
By what power is God able to accomplish this wonderful
change? Verse 21, last part.
11.
Since Christ lived and walked in the body of our humility,
how ought we continually to walk? 1 John 2: 6.
12..Though living in the flesh, how is it our high Privilege to
walk? Rom. 8: 1.
Notes
1.
The word "perfect" is hardly to be understood in its
usual sense of complete, with nothing more to reach after.
This would be inconsistent with verses 13 and 14. Its force
is rather that of mature or adult in understanding in con-
trast with childhood, as it is used in passages like Eph.
4: 13, 14 and 1 Cor. 14: 20. Some of the Philippian church
had been "in the truth" for ten years, and repeatedly visited
and instructed by Paul and other workers. They ought to
be mature enough in the faith to eat strong meat, and to
press forward toward Christian perfection.
2.
Paul's literal language is: "And if ye are thinking
otherwise in any respect, God will reveal this also to you,"
that is, God will open up this advanced way of looking upon
the Christian's duty and privilege.
3.
The exact language again helps: "Become ye co-imita-
tors of me, and observe those walking as ye have us as a
type." It might seem questionable for the gospel worker to
point to himself as an example for imitation. It is safe to
do so only as he walks in such close communion with Christ
that he becomes a real "ensample to the flock." The illus-
tration of grace in a human life is often an aid to the un-
derstanding of those who have made less growth. Paul's
full thought on this point is expressed in his epistle to the
Corinthians, Become imitators of me, as I am of Christ.
1 Cor. 11: 1.
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4.
The literal word "citizenship" was very expressive to
the Philippians. Philippi was a Roman colony at that time.
Its people enjoyed the full rights of Roman citizenship, as
did also Paul and Silas, who brought them the gospel. They
might well be proud, as they were, of these rights, which as-
sured them protection and justice from the empire that ruled
the world. But in contrast to those "who mind earthly
things," Paul reminded the Philippians that their citizenship
was now in heaven. Their emperor is the King of the uni-
verse. In due time, He will come and escort His subjects to
the wedding feast that is to usher in His eternal kingdom
of glory.
5.
The word "vile," in its modern use, does not convey the
right meaning here. The body is not something to be de-
spised, for it was made in the image of God, and as a marvel-
ous piece of workmanship. We are rather to glorify God in
our body as well as in our spirit, for both are God's (1 Cor.
6: 15-20). Phil. 4: 21 reads literally, "Who shall change
the body of our humility like unto the body of His glory."
Before glory, comes humility; but in God's plan, just• as
surely, after humility, comes glory.
Lesson 11— Standing Fast in Christ
March 13, 1920
LESSON SCRIPTURE
:
Phil. 4: 1-9
Daily Study Outline
1.
Read the lesson scripture.
2.
Unity of spirit, questions 1-3.
3.
Being joyful and peaceable, questions 4, 5.
4.
A recipe for Christian living, questions 6, 7.
5.
Hearing and doing, questions 8-10.
6.
Standing fast in Christ, questions 11, 12.
7.
Review the lesson.
Questions
1.
In what endearing terms does Paul again address the
Philippian believers? Phil. 4: 1, first part. Note 1.
2.
What does he pray these believers to do? Verse 1, last
part.
3.
What does he beseech two sisters especially to do? Verse
2. Note 2.
4.
What else does Paul entreat? Verse 3.
5.
What means of being joyful and peaceable does the
apostle emphasize? Verse 4.
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6.
What should Christians let be known to all men? Verse 5.
7.
Give a good recipe for Christian living. Verse 6. Note 3.
8.
How will personal communion with God help us to stand
fast in the Lord? Verse 7. Note 4.
9.
On what things will those dwell who have the mind of
Christ? Verse 8. (Memorize this verse.)
10.
What should the Philippians do with the many good
things ministered to them by Paul? Verse 9, first part.
Note 5.
11.
What will be the reward to doers of the Word? Verse
9, last part.
12.
By whose help shall we be able to stand fast in the Lord?
Jude 24.
Notes
1.
The word "crown" here is not the diadem, a symbol of
kingly authority, but a wreath of olive or laurel, as a symbol
of victory or honor, such as was placed upon the head of a
winner in athletic or musical or oratorical contests among the
Greeks. Thus Paul looked upon the fruits of his labor in the
gospel as his crown of honor and of joy.
2.
Evidently there were some differences between these
two members of the church, which Paul feared might, if
not reconciled, have a bad influence. Hence he entreats that
these differences be taken before the Lord and composed in
Him. How often we find a similar situation in the church
to-day! Certain members of the church are at variance, per-
haps over small affairs. They hardly speak when they meet,
and they cherish hard feelings toward each other. Yet they
go to the same service, worship the same God, and hope to
live in the same heaven. Let all differences be composed
in
the Lord.
3.
"Careful" means full of care, anxiety, worry. "Prayer"
—worshipful communion. "Supplication"—petition for
things needed. "Thanksgiving"—giving of thanks for what
has been received and is being enjoyed. "Made known ,unto
God"—tell God how much you love and reverence Him, what
you need, how much you value what He has given you.
4.
"Peace"—how opposite to corking care, to worry!
"Passeth all understanding"—(literally) surpasses every
mind; the mind cannot fathom the peace of God, tell how
it comes or how it works, but can only experience it. "Keep
your hearts and minds"—garrison your hearts and thoughts•
as in a fort or castle; no enemy can break through the wall
of peace with which God encircles His praying children. In
very truth, they can stand fast in the Lord.
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5. The particular word "do" used here does not mean,
as often, make or construct something, but to
put into prac-
tice.
It is indeed the word from which we get our word
"practice." The study of these lessons will benefit us nothing
if we do not put into practice the many good things we are
learning in them.
Lesson
12 -
Doing All Things Through Christ
March 20, 1920
LESSON SCRIPTURE :
Phil. 4: 10
-
23
Daily Study Outline
1.
Read the lesson scripture.
2.
Christian contentment, questions 1-3.
3.
Doing through Christ, questions 4-6.
4.
Giving and receiving, questions 7-9.
5.
Christian greetings, questions 10-13.
6.
Paul's work in Rome, questions 14-16.
7.
Review the lesson.
'
Questions
1.
How did the Philippians bring Paul such joy in the
Lord? Phil. 4: 10. Note 1.
2.
What great lesson in respect to want had Paul learned?
Verse 11. Note 2.
3.
Mention the contrasting conditions under which Paul had
learned the secret of contentment. Verse 12.
4.
What general assertion does he make? Verse 13. (Mem-
orize this verse.)
5.
How had the Philippians done well? Verse 14.
6.
What made their ministry of special value? Verses 15, 16.
7.
What was Paul's motive in accepting their gifts?
Verse 17.
8.
With what appreciation did Paul receive the things sent
him by Epaphroditus? Verse 18.
9.
In return, how did he assure the Philippians their need
would be supplied? Verse 19, first part. (Memorize
this verse.)
10.
What would be the measure of their supply? Verse 19,
last part.
11.
What did he ascribe to God? Verse 20.
12.
What greetings did Paul send the Philippians? Verse 21.
13.
Who especially sent their salutations? Verse 22. Note 3.
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14.
Through Christ, what had Paul been able to do for the
gospel in Rome? Phil. 1: 14. Note 4.
15.
Where did the converts in Cmsar's household take up their
work for Christ? Note 5.
16.
With what prayer does Paul close his letter to the Philip-
pians? Phil. 4: 23.
Notes
1.
This is not the kind of "care" warned against in verse
6. That was overanxiety, worry. This is thoughtfulness, in-
terest in Paul's welfare.
2.
This verse should not be interpreted too broadly. Paul
is talking here chiefly of his temporal needs. Closely ren-
dered, the verse reads, "I have learned, under whatever cir-
cumstances I am, to be satisfied with what I have." In mat-
ters of external circumstance and bodily need, Paul had
learned the lesson of indifference; but in matters of spiritual
and mental attainment, he was never satisfied, but always
reaching out for more.
3.
"Nowhere could there exist an atmosphere more un-
congenial to Christianity than in the Roman court. Nerc
seemed to have obliterated from his soul the last traces of
the divine, and even of the human, and to bear the impress of
Satan. His attendants and courtiers were in general of the
same character as himself—fierce, debased, and corrupt. To
all appearance it would be impossible for Christianity to gain
a foothold in the court and palace of Nero. •
"Yet in this case, as in so many others, was proved the
truth of Paul's assertion that the weapons of his warfare
were 'mighty through God to the pulling down of strong-
holds.' Even in Nero's household, trophies of the cross were
won. From the vile attendants of a viler king were gained
converts who became sons of God. These were not Christians
secretly, but openly. They were not ashamed of their faith."
—"Acts of the Apostles," pages 462, 463.
4.
"Paul's patience and cheerfulness during his long and
unjust imprisonment, his courage and faith, were a continual
sermon. His spirit, so unlike the spirit of the world, bore
witness that a power higher than that of earth was abiding
with him. And by his example, Christians were impelled to
greater energy as advocates of the cause from the public
labors of which Paul had been withdrawn. In these ways
were the apostle's bonds influential, so that when his power
and usefulness seemed cut off, and to all appearance he
could do the least, then it was that he gathered sheaves for
Christ in fields from which he seemed wholly excluded.
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"Before the close of that two years' imprisonment, Paul
was able to say, 'My bonds in Christ are manifest in all the
palace, and in all other places;' and among those who sent
greetings to the Philippians he mentions chiefly them 'that
are of Cxsar's household.'
"-Id., page 464.
5. "Not only were converts won to the truth in Caesar's
household, but after their conversion they remained in that
household. They did not feel at liberty to abandon their
post of duty because their surroundings were no longer con-
genial. The truth had found them there, and there they re-
mained, by their changed life and character testifying to the
transforming power of the new faith."-Id.,
page 466.
The Thirteenth Sabbath Offering Is for East African Missions.
Lesson 13 - Living in Christ -A Review
March 27, 1920
Study and fix in memory one or more verses each that
give
a key to the themes listed below. This exercise, if faithfully•
done, will give you the gist of the book of Philippians, and
the key to living in Christ.
Daily Study Outline
1.
Read the bOok of Philippians.
2.
Magnifying and abounding in Christ, themes 1-3.
8. Suffering and the mind of Christ, themes 4, 5.
4.
Willing and working with Christ, themes 6, 7.
5.
Rejoicing and striving in Christ, themes 8, 9.
6.
Doing all things through Christ, themes 10-12.
" Summarize the lesson.
THEMES
1.
Come over and help us. Acts 16: 6-40.
2.
Abounding in Christ. Phil. 1: 1-11.
3.
Magnifying Christ. Phil. 1: 12-20.
4.
Suffering for Christ. Phil. 1: 21-30.
5.
Having the mind of Christ. Phil. 2: 1-11.
6.
Willing and doing for Christ. Phil. 2: 12-18.
7.
Working together with Christ. Phil. 2: 19-30.
8.
Rejoicing in Christ. Phil. 3: 1-7.
9.
The high calling in Christ. Phil. 3: 8-14.
10.
Walking with Christ. Phil. 3: 15-21.
11.
Standing fast in Christ. Phil. 4: 1-9.
12.
Doing all things through Christ. Phil. 4: 10-23.
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The answers of inspiration to these questions,
as here given, will appeal strongly to the
mind and heart of the thinking man or
woman. Notice some of the chapter titles :
Revelation and Nature
The Earth to Be Peopled
Replenishing the Earth
God's Purpose Unchangeable
Foreordination Explained
A Great Pre-Advent Message
Our World the Center of the Universe
Appropriately illustrated with pen drawings, and
bound in paper. Order of your tract society.
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FIRST IN IMPORTANCE
among the books by Mrs. E. G.
White are those making up the
Conflict
of the
Ages Series
volume two of which was completed just before the author's
death. They begin with the rebellion in heaven, and trace the
conflict between good and evil through to Eden restored. For-
merly these books were published in subscription form exclusively ;
but special trade editions have now been printed on thin Bible
paper, weighing only eighteen to twenty ounces each. These
trade editions contain all the reading matter and many of the
illustrations of the full subscription books. The price is $2.50 a
volume in beautiful limp leather, and $1.50 in cloth. (In Canada
$2.76 and $1.66.) Here is the list by title and contents:
VOLUME I
PATRIARCHS AND PROPHETS
Creation to the death of David, 793 pages
VOLUME II
PROPHETS AND KINGS
Solomon to the birth of Christ, 753 pages
VOLUME III
DESIRE OF AGES
The life of our Saviour, 835 pages
VOLUME IV
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES
630 pages
VOLUME
V
GREAT CONTROVERSY
Destruction of Jerusalem, to the new earth, 798 pages
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B
UY
An assortment of Mis-
sionary Literature on
vital and timely topics.
Notice the subjects treated:
SPIRITUALISM
"The Spirit World"
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
"Christian Science"
THE SABBATH
"The Marked Bible"
"The Lord's Day"
PROPHECY
"Matthew Twenty-Four"
"Sure Word of Prophecy"
"Saints' Inheritance"
THE SANCTUARY
"Christ Our Advocate"
THE INSPIRATION OF THE BIBLE
"The Bible in the Critics' Den"
IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL
"Ella Simpson"
These low-priced, paper-bound books contain from
64 to 128 pages each, and many of them are illus-
trated. The price of the ten, if bought singly, is
$1.25; by the box, only $1.00.
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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